After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.
This database documents the U.S. government's official experiment with torture. At present, the database contains well over 100,000 pages of government documents obtained primarily through Freedom of Information Act litigation and requests filed by the ACLU, and through litigation of Salim v. Mitchell, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the survivors and the family of a dead victim of the CIA torture program. To learn more about the database, please read the About and Search Help pages. If you're a developer, you can also access this data through our API.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the drafting and provision of an outline of issues, including requests for FBI agents to be interviewed to to testify regarding their participation in detainee interrogations.
An email regarding the interview of an FBI Special Agent by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service/IG as an witness to abuse of a detainee by Special Forces in Afghanistan. The agent did not witness any abuse and provided a statement and other ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update to a special inquiry conducted of FBI personnel who served in some capacity at the Guantanamo Bay facility about any observations of aggressive treatment of detainees by either Department ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding a TRIM document received from ODAG McAtamney. The TRIM document is a memorandum regarding the transfer of Guantanamo detainees with pending habeas corpus proceedings.
Audio of an interview of Moazzem Begg, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, conducted by the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General, as part of its report on the FBI's involvement in the mistreatment of detainees. You can listen to the audio below ...
An email in reply to a received "'positive' response." The response reports that the FBI agent observed aggressive treatment of a detainee who appeared to have blood shot eyes and what appeared to be blood that congealed to his eyelashes.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding incidents at Guantanamo Bay that are being reported. The incidents include questionable interrogation techniques and the presence of a prostitute at Camp Delta.
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the confirmation of FBI's awarness of all detainee abuse allegations against FBI employees. The email states that all relevant information has been reviewed and it has been confirmed that there were ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the focus, scope, and procedure of military interviews being conducted of FBI personnel who reported witnessing aggressive interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.
The document is an internal FBI email regarding the confirmation of FBI's awarness of all detainee abuse allegations against FBI employees. The email details two such allegations, one which was investigated by IIS and the other by OIG.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the lack of written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy.
An email including two forwarded emails about the, "potential issues... regarding employee rights and liabilities," of a previous handling of an Army request for a roster of FBI personnel in Iraq from October to December 2003. One of the email ...
An email, including a chain of forwarded emails, concerning an Naval Criminal Investigative Service interview of a Las Vegas FBI Special Agent regarding an incident in which the FBI agent is alleged to have been present during an interview ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding document information related to impersonation by Department of Defense interrogators at Guantanamo representing themselves to be official of the FBI and the U.S. State Department.
The document outlines relevant policy issues for FBI operations with the military in the Global War on Terrorism, including the use of force, detention and interrogation, and command relationships.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the mission overview of the FBI-Afghanistan Detachment based on the CTD Afghanistan Assessment Team (AAT) findings. The memorandum also includes information on detainee interviews and support ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the detention and interrogation of detainee Mohameou Ould Slahi. The document is heavily redacted.
This document contains several pages re. taking a "lessons learned" approach to agency work. Suggests that, prior to deployment overseas, the FBI should brief agents "regarding the Bureau's policy on presence during/assistance to (etc.) coercive ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding written guidance given to FBI agents about standing clear of coercive interrogation techniques that are outside of FBI policy. The email includes information about an EC written by the FBI ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum, regarding the newly created Offense Table and Penalty Guidelines related to the FBI disciplinary process. The guidelines are intended to aid employees in determining the types of behavior that ...
This document is an email chain discussing acquiring agents for an interrogation and the allowability of various interrogation methods. One email mentions that "due to the issues at Abu G prison," interrogations have been suspended but "will in a ...
Two forwarded emails documenting the redacted author receiving a letter from Army CID requesting a roster of FBI personnel in Iraq from October to December 2003. This request is part of an investigation of allegations of abuse against detainees ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the rights granted to EPWs under the Geneva III Convention should the detaining power choose to institute judicial proceedings (criminal prosecution).
The document includes sections of the FBI Manual of Investigative Operations and Guidelines, including information on policies for the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense related to the investigation and prosecution of criminal ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the procedure by which to document interviews with HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein). Significant portions of the document are redacted.
The document is an internal FBI memorandum,outlining administrative policy changes to the Office of Professional Responsibility's (OPR) and the Inspection Division's (INSD) Delegated Investigation/Adjudication (DIA) program.
This email briefly discusses a letter drafted by CIRG to ORG to send to the Department of Defense regarding detainee treatment observed by members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit at GTMO. The response states that the redacted respondent has no ...
Email thread between FBI officials regarding a Department of Defense military investigator's request to interview FBI Special Agents as witnesses to allegations of detainee abuse or deaths. One email cites that a redacted Special Agent was ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding whether the FBI's operations in Iraq were primarily for intelligence-gathering or also for the collection of evidence for prosecutions. The email also includes information on a case in which an FBI ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum that outlines the actions taken by a redacted entity for a number of different projects, including the Iran Unit, Counterintelligence Division, and the Iraq/Syria/Libya Unit.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an update on Guantanamo legal processes and the authorization to continue detainee interrogation under Article 17 of the Geneva Convention of the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the personnel structure employed by the FBI when handling CSRT procedures as well as the appropriate person to represent the FBI during meetings between the Secretary of the Navy and the Solicitor ...
An email, which includes two forwarded emails, between two FBI officials regarding detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. The forwarded emails discuss the possible procedural paths to take in a situation where six reports from FBI personnel who were ...
The document is an internal FBI memorandum from EAD John Pistole to the Counterterrorism Division, regarding the request of HVD-1's (Saddam Hussein) Interrogation Team to question the subject without reading him the Miranda rights, to videotape ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the dissemination of information and intelligence gathered from the interrogation of HVD-1 (Saddam Hussein).
The document is an internal FBI email with attachments that include a description of interrogation technique concerns raised to Commanding General Miller as well as an outline of approved coercive techniques used by the military.
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding FBI involvement in overseas aggressive interrogations and collaborating with the military to form some categories and advice.
This documents the interview of Detainee 269 at GTMO on 5/4/06. It states that Detainee 269 was interviewed in an air conditioned room with his hands free and his feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. The synopsis states that the purpose of the ...
An email about FBI agents getting contacted by the military to partake in interviews as witnesses to allegations of prisoner abuse. One FBI Agent will be asked to recall any injuries or marks or complaints on a detainee he interviewed at ...
The document includes information about a document request made by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General regarding detainee issues, specifically any documents related to the conduct of operations by FBI employees in overseas ...
The document is an internal FBI email, regarding the provision of copies of written reports that note FBI disagreements or objections to the handling of detainees by any American entities in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay.